Tuesday September 26, 2017

We left around 10:00 after watching a little bit of fog and low cloud move in and out of the harbor. It was quite lovely inside. We watched the NWE boat, Inception, do docking practice using the linear mooring. And watched the teeny yellow sailboat on the dock in front of us do their morning preparations and then go for a morning kayak. Although the weather report said it wouldn't be sunny until the afternoon, they were apparently wrong in the right direction for a change. It was an incredibly beautiful morning out on the water and we cruised slowly over to Roche. Inception called us to report some humpback whales near us, but they had apparently dove and we never did see them.

We pulled into whatever slip we wanted at Roche and chose the high docks. We put our walking shoes on and headed over to the Marina office to register. We met the "moorage girl" at the door and forgot that in "high season", they'll come to you to take your money! Then off to the Lime Kiln for a slightly early lunch. They've changed their menu now and have mostly burgers for lunch which is a bit of a disappointment. But they still have the BLAT's

We continued walking around the property and enjoying the warm weather. We headed up to the marine store where Greg found another of the old style (shower) bilge pumps to add to our spares. Unfortunately, the Sportswear store has a big sale on of 50% off everything in the store. So you have to check that out right? Greg did not find anything, but surprisingly I did. How can I say no to "orange shoes" at 50% off?

Back to the boat to try and download some stuff, catch up on the Blog, and things like that. Then we sat on the flybridge and enjoyed the view and the goings on in the harbor. It seemed like a good time to go for another walk to the other side of the property. So we walked up the "road" and took a look at all the new "cottages" (OK, houses) that have been built and are currently being built. There were at least 4 that we still in construction and being finished off. And it seems like it's been awhile since we walked up there as there were quite a few more finished ones than we remembered. Then we went over to the park and pool area. Turns out the pool is still open too! I checked the temperature and the attendant told me it was 80 or 81 degrees! It was lovely! We are so used to being here in the "off" season, we forgot all about it. It would have been a lovely day to take a dip but ….. next summer I guess. I took lots of pictures of the marina.



Back to the boat and then it was time for dinner. We had 6:30 reservations at McMillins. As we walked down the dock, there was an announcement that it would be "10 minutes to colors". Oh shit. We had thought they wouldn't do that either this late in the season, but we were wrong. The cannon shot made me jump 10 feet so we can only imagine what it did to poor Miss B on the boat. Oh well.

Dinner was stupendous. Even had Key Lime Pie for dessert. A great evening.